Patient story

Roz Mabey needed medical help to conquer severe hip pain that left her in tears. She now swims in the sea every day thanks to her life-changing surgery at Nuffield Health Vale Hospital.

Updated: Friday 22 July 2022

Published: Wednesday 24 November 2021

Retired NHS nurse, Margaret Berry OBE, describes herself as ‘fit as a flea’ and playing the best golf of her life.

Updated: Thursday 21 July 2022

Published: Tuesday 19 July 2022

‘Wrap-around-care’ is how grandmother, Jill Adams, describes her experience with Nuffield Health.

Updated: Thursday 21 July 2022

Published: Tuesday 19 July 2022

What initially seemed like a minor football injury, resulted in debilitating neck and shoulder pain for single dad and mature student, Jacob Cunningham.

Updated: Thursday 21 July 2022

Published: Tuesday 19 July 2022

For a period of about five years, Mrs Sian Lee really suffered with leg and back pain but neither she nor her GP had realised it was down to her worn out hips. At 58, her mobility became so limited that even on crutches she struggled to get to her mum’s house two doors down and was contemplating a life watched from her window. In September 2020, with Covid putting a stop on everything, she consulted Mr Alun John at Nuffield Health Cardiff and Vale Hospitals and at her request, had both her hips replaced on 8 December 2020. This has changed her life completely and she has returned to work and to active living in double quick time!

Updated: Thursday 21 July 2022

Published: Monday 2 August 2021

Scoliosis, a curvature of the spine, is often not detected early enough in young people. This is because it normally occurs around puberty when the body is changing and a major growth spurt occurs.

Updated: Thursday 21 July 2022

Published: Thursday 21 July 2022

When Tom was diagnosed with prostate cancer at 43, his long-felt suspicions had been confirmed. He was the latest in his family to be diagnosed, and the youngest.

Updated: Thursday 7 July 2022

Published: Wednesday 27 May 2015

Formerly active Pat suffered with persistent leg pain that left her chairbound and very fed up. But once she started physiotherapy at Nuffield Health Shrewsbury Hospital, not only did she reach her goal of standing up again, she can now even get up and down the stairs thanks to her physiotherapist Trudie.

Updated: Thursday 9 December 2021

Published: Thursday 9 December 2021

Years of pain that left sports enthusiast barely able to walk were brought to an end by specialists at Nuffield Health Brentwood Hospital.

Updated: Tuesday 16 March 2021

Published: Tuesday 16 March 2021

Natalie battled eating disorders including anorexia and bulimia for over a decade. Now. Nuffield Health's former Professional Head of Nutrition tells us how her experience has helped her to support others.

Updated: Tuesday 16 February 2021

Published: Thursday 13 August 2015

As a construction site manager, Tony is used to big projects - but his weight was something he just couldn’t bring under control. Until the Healthy Weight Programme gave him the health and happiness he was looking for.

Updated: Tuesday 16 February 2021

Published: Tuesday 1 September 2015

Damian Matich is aiming for four gold medals at the World Transplant Games this summer. Here he tells us about the circumstances that led to his participation in the Games and his desire to encourage organ donation.

Updated: Wednesday 16 September 2020

Published: Friday 14 August 2015

Padua began ballet dancing at the tender age of two years old and was hooked. But after a brutal injury at just 18 she feared the career she had worked so hard for could be over before it even began.

Updated: Wednesday 16 September 2020

Published: Friday 28 August 2015

At 55 years old Jenny has begun a new fitness journey, inspired by her love for her family.

Updated: Wednesday 16 September 2020

Published: Wednesday 9 September 2015

Andy had noticed he was getting larger. He was aware that his chest would get tight, and he preferred to hide in the back of photographs. But it wasn't until he applied for the Healthy Weight Programme that he realised how close he was to a catastrophic event.

Updated: Monday 18 May 2020

Published: Tuesday 30 May 2017

What does it take to be a champion? Paul Jubb, rising star at the Nuffield Health Tennis Academy in Hull, looks back at his journey to the top of the game.

Updated: Tuesday 5 May 2020

Published: Wednesday 6 July 2016

Alex worried that he’d never be able to dive again after a blockage in his heart was discovered. But he wasn’t willing to give up without a fight.

Updated: Friday 20 March 2020

Published: Wednesday 19 August 2015

Two knee injuries left Heather doubting she’d ever go back to her active lifestyle. But meeting with a Nuffield Health physiotherapist gave her the confidence to recover.

Updated: Tuesday 10 March 2020

Published: Tuesday 10 March 2020

“I train because that's how I stop myself slipping into my black dogs days.”

Updated: Tuesday 4 February 2020

Published: Monday 9 September 2019

A deformity in Derek's hip threatened his mobility, lifestyle and happiness. This is his story of conquering his condition, with a little help. Derek lives life to the full, he always has. “For me it’s so important to keep flexible and mobile,” he says. At 73 years old he’s fitter than many men half his age, doing two hours of exercise a day and practicing yoga and Pilates regularly.

Updated: Tuesday 14 January 2020

Published: Thursday 14 May 2015